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  1. Over 1 million infected and 100k deaths... And to think I thought this was "just a bad flu" only a couple of months ago.

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    2. Random Terrain

      Random Terrain

      Just remember that if a guy sneezes right before a piano falls on his head, it probably counts as one of those deaths. :D Health and Safety might be confusing topics in 2020.

    3. ProperRogue

      ProperRogue

      But if we all wear our masks as we're told, and practice good social engineering skills, errrr I mean social distancing... this will all go away real soon, ya think? ? It's not like 'divide & conquer' has worked in the past, right?

    4. Zoyous

      Zoyous

      I haven't heard any scientists say that those safety practices will make it go away soon. It'll make it so there's room in the hospitals for the people who refuse to practice them and run out of luck.

  2. What movie is this line from (bonus points if you know who said it as well!)?

     

    "Every day ends in a Tums festival!"

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    2. JacobZu7zu7

      JacobZu7zu7

      Never seen before

    3. snorlaxnut
    4. GoldLeader

      GoldLeader

      I've heard bad things...So, of course, I want to see Both!

  3. Al, I'll give you not 1, but 2 virtual cans of pepsi  if you make a Sega Saturn subforum.

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    2. Magmavision2000

      Magmavision2000

      SOMEONE UNDERSTANDS!!!

    3. carlsson

      carlsson

      Nobody knows the trouble I've seen,

      Nobody knows, but Sega

    4. Mikebloke

      Mikebloke

      Ehhh should just be a sega subforum imo... Then all the awesome people can collect in one place...

  4. The only piece of Star Trek media I've seen in full is the Pilot episode of TOS.

     

     

     

    Is my Atariage liscense now revoked?

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    2. GoldLeader

      GoldLeader

      IMO, TOS and TNG are pretty worthwhile.  I'm still getting through all of TOS...There's also some fun to be had in each of the other series,  but I'm no expert.

    3. jaybird3rd

      jaybird3rd

      I second that recommendation, TOS and TNG are well worth looking into.  In numerous places, you'll find "Top 10" lists for both series, so if you don't want to commit to watching every single episode, use these lists as a guide.  You should see the first six Trek movies as well, but in my opinion you'll appreciate them better if you watch them only *after* finishing TOS.

       

      TNG took longer to "gel" as a series, so the first two seasons get a bad rap, but there are gems to be found there as well.  I'll recommend nine episodes from both seasons to help you steer clear of the dross.  From S1, check out the two-part pilot "Encounter at Farpoint", then "Where No One Has Gone Before," "The Big Goodbye," "Datalore," "11001001," "Home Soil," "Heart of Glory," "Skin of Evil," and "The Neutral Zone."  From S2, check out "The Child," "Elementary, Dear Data," "Samaritan Snare," "The Measure of a Man," "Contagion," "Time Squared," "Pen Pals," "Q Who," and "Peak Performance."  S3 on is pretty solid, with a few exceptions, though the four TNG movies were IMHO a disappointment.

    4. GoldLeader

      GoldLeader

      Admitting it is the first step.

  5. I just saw a short clip of a recent episode of SpongeBob and the animation looked like it was from a YouTube parody. Everything was squishy, fast, and the characters looked nothing like what they used to. Is this what happens when you let a show go on for 20+ years?

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    2. doctorclu

      doctorclu

      Always looked like cheap animation to me.

    3. Magmavision2000

      Magmavision2000

      Spongebob has woken from his slumber to explain to you why your wrong:

       

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    4. DragonGrafx-16

      DragonGrafx-16

      There's also the change from traditional animation to digital but at least Spongebob is still a 2D show.

  6. BREAKING NEWS: NASA Discovers Life On Earth!

     

    "We would've never guessed" says scientist.

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    2. Agamon

      Agamon

      Still on the hunt for intelligence, though...

    3. Tickled_Pink

      Tickled_Pink

      I got Rockrolled. I keeel you!

    4. Giles N

      Giles N

      Add ‘intelligent’ to that

  7. So I was looking at a German thread about Pong consoles, and one user claimed that Nintendo sold the Odyssey in Japan and made the plastic housing for the rifle peripheral. Can anyone confirm this? If so, are there any surviving examples?

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    2. bluejay

      bluejay

      Edit: Did some searching online and it does seem that Nintendo did acquire the rights to sell the odyssey in Japan, around 1974. There are very few websites that do say that, and none of them are super credible, but I have yet to find an article that says that it didn't happen. However I did find out that Nintendo sued Magnavox to try and invalidate Ralph Baer's patents for the video game, but lost. However this happened in 1985 so Nintendo had good reason to, regardless on whether they partnered with Magnavox more than a decade ago.

    3. masschamber

      masschamber

      this probably would have been easier to research pre mario odyssey

    4. joeatari1

      joeatari1

      Ich bin ein Berliner!

  8. The day it's normal to put pineapple on pizza is the day I declare cereal is a soup.

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    2. _The Doctor__

      _The Doctor__

      um, pineapple is normal on a pizza with ham and bacon... :)

    3. Magmavision2000

      Magmavision2000

      While I agree that Bacon and Ham are normal on pizza, I can't say the same about pineapple.

    4. _The Doctor__

      _The Doctor__

      Ah when sliced and cut along with the ham and bacony goodness! TASTY!

  9. From within your mind, no one else can find
    The life that you inspire
    From another place, not from outer space
    But from some place even higher

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    2. DragonGrafx-16

      DragonGrafx-16

      So you watch Vinesauce then? lol

    3. Magmavision2000

      Magmavision2000

      Yes, and Redlettermedia.

    4. DragonGrafx-16

      DragonGrafx-16

      I quite like the Vinny or Joel playing random games streams lol have it playing on my second monitor while doing other things.

  10. Do you think there will ever be a successor to the Internet? 

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    2. Keatah

      Keatah

      Internet 2.0 is like some fat-head's business plan thing. Essentially useless.

    3. carlsson

      carlsson

      Yeah, like who would ever have use of 100 Gbps and alike?

    4. Rick Dangerous

      Rick Dangerous

      The Neural Net. 

  11. Atariage Public Domain Movie Night is starting in 24 minutes! Link to the discord is here:https://discord.com/channels/710188381887397982/710188382549966961 invite code is: zwNsPGW

     

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    2. joeatari1

      joeatari1

      Ugh.  Can't figure out discord.  What do I search for?  Do I need to have a friend?  Where do I put the access code (don't go there)?

    3. joeatari1

      joeatari1

      Figured it out.?

    4. joeatari1

      joeatari1

      Sorry, I hung in there as long as I could.  That second movie was just awful!  Italian Star Wars my ass!  At least I know how to use discord now.

  12. Don't you hate it when you accidentally start an international conflict?

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    2. Mikebloke

      Mikebloke

      This is why twitter shouldn't exist.

    3. eddhell

      eddhell

      International Conflict = family taco night with only one bathroom

    4. joeatari1

      joeatari1

      Being of mixed European ancestry (German, English, Polish, Lithuanian), I am constantly at war with myself.  Sometimes my German wants to just take over the other countries and I need to kick my own ass into submission. Ah well, C'est la vie.  Wait a second, I'm not french!  Or am I?

  13. I just ate 2,700mg of sodium and drank two glasses of mountain dew. I can feel my body succumbing to sodium poisoning.

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    2. Magmavision2000

      Magmavision2000

      A giant cup of noodles.535058115_images(40).jpeg.6e1bd023946c78c605d3aa5d398182aa.jpeg

    3. joeatari1

      joeatari1

      Did you post pics in the Ramen noodles thread?

    4. Magmavision2000
  14. Does anyone know any good tutorials for BASIC? I can't seem to find one.

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    2. bluejay

      bluejay

      Depends on what kind of BASIC.

      If it doesn't matter, try the VIC-20 manual.

      If you want to learn a better version of BASIC, the CoCo Extended Color BASIC is also superb.

      If you have an old computer, start from its manual. If it's bad, then consult a different manual. If there are no good manuals for your computer(very rare circumstance), then get another computer(or download an emulator, or whatever)

    3. phoenixdownita

      phoenixdownita

      If Applesoft BASIC is OK:

      http://www.hoist-point.com/applesoft_basic_tutorial.htm

      the referenced online simulator is actually decent:

      https://www.calormen.com/jsbasic/

    4. adam242

      adam242

      I'm assuming you meant Atari BASIC, of course..

  15. Do all C64 boxes have the grey label C64 on them?

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    2. Magmavision2000

      Magmavision2000

      I'm talking about the C64 on the box, my C64 box has a black label even though the computer itself has the normal rainbow label.15854097142472765225725756396706.thumb.jpg.b8863bc39a04c2b45635515f5cd72843.jpg

    3. carlsson

      carlsson

      Yes, I don't think they updated the cover photo until they introduced the C64C model.

    4. save2600

      save2600

      Oh, I see what you're talking about now... the badge. Yeah, what carlsson said - seems to be the case.  :)

  16. There are motion controls in Doom 64. I'm serious.

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    2. Flojomojo

      Flojomojo

      They write these apps in Unity 3D for every piece of hardware in existence. 

    3. Sir Guntz

      Sir Guntz

      The switch port right? I didn't find motion controls in the N64 version.

    4. Magmavision2000

      Magmavision2000

      @Sir Guntz Yes the switch port. I should have elaborated on that.

  17. Would anyone attend a monthly-bi-monthly public domain movie night where you can riff on movies and talk with fellow Atariagers? I'm thinking about creating a Discord server for this purpose.

    1. dr. kwack

      dr. kwack

      Cool idea! I actually host a bad movie show on public access here in my neck of the woods. Public domain trash flicks, cartoons, even did an episode of all vintage educational movies!

    2. GoldLeader

      GoldLeader

      I like it.  I think it's an interesting idea.  Personally though, I'm just too busy this time of year...I'm pretty sure I'd be working and unable to participate...

    3. Magmavision2000

      Magmavision2000

      I decided to go ahead with it. You can look at the movie lineup on the announcement thread:https://atariage.com/forums/topic/306754-coming-soon-atariage-public-domain-movie-night/?tab=comments#comment-4536382

       

       

  18. When will Rockstar port the PSX/PS2 era GTA games to switch?!?!? My skeleton is getting angry!!!!! see pic

     

     

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    1. CPUWIZ

      CPUWIZ

      I don't think this is a viable investment for T2, but I'll bring it up.  I personally, never liked GTA.

    2. Flojomojo

      Flojomojo

      I would think it's only a matter of time. They keep the mobile versions updated, and I would think they share some of the same software libraries. I would expect them to randomly drop as little surprises, sort of like the Jedi Outcast port from Aspyr. 

    3. Flojomojo

      Flojomojo

      If it's going to happen, I'll wager you'd hear about it here first. https://www.esrb.org/

  19. To my Switch friends wondering why I have like 400 hours on YouTube. I've been watching all Best of The Worst episodes on repeat.

    1. ClassicGMR

      ClassicGMR

      And here I am with 400+ hours in Skyrim. ?

    2. Magmavision2000

      Magmavision2000

      Correction, I just looked up my play time for YouTube on the Switch, it's 530 hours.

    3. ClassicGMR

      ClassicGMR

      I bow down to you! That's either awesome or insane. :)

  20. If anyone is a fan of Gamecenter CX, there is a 24/7 twitch channel that plays every episode of the show: https://www.twitch.tv/cardfrek

     

    1. masschamber

      masschamber

      yes yes I am, and that ones not ruined by that idiotic english over dubs.

    2. Magmavision2000

      Magmavision2000

      They play them on the stream after every other episode has been played. That's when the viewer count drops, and the people that are still there just riff on them.

       

    3. Zoyous

      Zoyous

      Love the Kacho!

  21. What's big and brown and stinks all the time?

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

    Me.

    1. CPUWIZ
    2. Joe C.
    3. joeatari1

      joeatari1

      My UPS guy on a hot day.  Those trucks don't have air conditioning.

  22. like 6 hamburger patties (no bun) 2 hours ago, and now everytime I belch, it smells like I farted out of my mouth.

    1. Keatah

      Keatah

      A beautiful thing, ain't it?

    2. frankodragon

      frankodragon

      You didn't season them with Emeril spices, did you?  The last time I used his seasonings, I was a fart factory.

    3. Keatah

      Keatah

      A potent combination is hot dogs and cake frosting. They come out wet and that smell takes eons to completely dissipate.

  23. I honestly think there's no movie more badass than The Streetfighter

    1. CPUWIZ

      CPUWIZ

      Streefighter?  Someone who fights the Stree?

    2. Magmavision2000

      Magmavision2000

      Blame that on speed typing.

    3. jaybird3rd

      jaybird3rd

      ^ I fixed it for you.

  24. I think I got Christmas'd out this year. Just not really feeling it.

    1. Cobra Kai

      Cobra Kai

      To me, its for kids as far as the gift giving aspect is concerned. I like to give a gift to a kid that will appreciate it, not for the over-indulged. Otherwise its just a day off of work for me.

    2. BydoEmpire

      BydoEmpire

      Yeah, I like the Christmas season, but I've been working so much lately and it's been such a long and stressful fall it feels like the holiday is almost here and I haven't really had a chance to soak in the spirit at all.  It'll be over before I get a chance to take it in.

    3. Atarian7

      Atarian7

      The first year Christmas lost it's magic for me was 8th grade.  I got everything I wanted but the holiday was a big letdown.

       

      Luckily I got to go to Florida with my best friend and his dad.  That was fun.  I think we left the day after Christmas.

       

  25. Disco isn't Dead! It just went to a different planet!

    1. vidak

      vidak

      absolutely, and i am on that planet

    2. jd_1138

      jd_1138

      Get out there and shake Ur-ANUS on the dance floor.  

    3. DragonGrafx-16

      DragonGrafx-16

      Disco became house...

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